There was a turmoil in Fengxiang Palace, and the people who were implicated and died because of it were only ten days later, and at least five or six hundred people were involved in the front and back harems.

After all, Empress Xue was in the Ming Emperor period, covering the sky in the harem with one hand, and if you want to do this, it is not enough to have a strong mother family to support you.

As the Criminal Department tortured the maidservants of Yanqing Palace, countless court ministers secretly supported by Empress Xue from the Prime Minister's Mansion gradually surfaced.

But Xiao Jinxuan, who was now sitting upright in the study of Zhaoyang Palace, saw that there was no confession from Zuo Wen, Empress Xue's henchman, in the interrogation file sent by the Criminal Department.

Xiao Jinxuan, who is now in charge of the matter of Xue Hou's party, couldn't help frowning and asked:

"The time limit that Concubine Ben originally gave to your criminal department was three days to pry open Zuo Wen's mouth and master all the useful things. But now that ten days have passed, Lord Huang doesn't say that Concubine Ben is embarrassing you. But the adults only reported the confessions of some small fish and shrimp to me all day long, and according to Concubine Ben, I don't want to sit down anymore because of your criminal department book. ”

Now the one who is standing in Xiao Jinxuan's study to report the results of the interrogation is indeed Huang Qiming, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

In fact, to be honest, officials of the former dynasty were not allowed to meet with the harem concubines alone.

But how could Zhou Xianrui be busy clearing the Xue family and checking the affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion in the previous dynasty, so he had no time to do the matter of Xue Hou in person.

As for Zhou Xianyu, he didn't want Xiao Jinxuan to work hard, but Yeying had privately formed an alliance with Xiangfu and Empress Xue for many years, and now Fujiwara Xiu was captured by him in the territory of the Great Zhou.

Yeying's side naturally wanted to lead troops to ask for his monarch, so Zhou Xianyu had already put on his armor and joined the Xiao family's army, busy with the military and political affairs.

Therefore, the collection of Empress Xue's crimes, how to abolish the other party's position as the queen mother according to the regulations, and how to tell the world to write official documents in the later period is the safest, these things all fell on Xiao Jinxuan.

Therefore, with Zhou Xianrui's will, even if Huang Qiming, who is the secretary of the Criminal Department, felt at the beginning that he and a palace concubine cooperated in the trial of Xue Hou's case, how could he really think about it.

He was even more worried that the tortures of the Criminal Department would frighten this lady in Xiao Jinxuan's eyes, so how could he explain to Zhou Xianrui at that time.

But it wasn't until this Lord Huang really came into contact with Xiao Jinxuan that he deeply realized why Zhou Xianrui, as the emperor, dared to put the matter of abolishing the Queen Mother in the hands of this Concubine Xiao.

The other party's resolute efficiency and decisiveness made Huang Qiming, an old courtier who had been in the officialdom for more than ten years, dumbfounded, and some couldn't keep up with the other party's footsteps.

And when Xiao Jinxuan came to the Criminal Department for the first time, she directly ordered to kill more than 30 dead soldiers who Xue Hou secretly cultivated, and now they are also arrested.

and cut off their heads to deter and intimidate the remnants of the Xue Houdang who refused to confess, and when a move worked to pry open the mouths of dozens of criminals who were originally killed and refused to confess.

Huang Qiming couldn't help but sigh in his heart, feeling that Xiao Jinxuan was simply more suitable to stay in the Criminal Department than him, a scholar of the Criminal Department.

After all, although the other party's method of extorting a confession did not follow common sense, it made him, an old veteran of the criminal department, look at it in amazement, and secretly feel frightened.

And with the cooperation of each other's interrogation, Xiao Jinxuan's rigor and high requirements also made Huang Qiming put away his original contempt, and gradually convinced the other party's domination and domination.

Now seeing that Xiao Jinxuan is obviously extremely dissatisfied with the progress of the interrogation of the Criminal Department, and Huang Qiming, who also knows the importance of Zuo Wen, is indeed racking his brains to pry open the other party's mouth.

But almost all the torture tools have been used once, but this aunt in charge of Fengxiang Palace just refuses to speak, and he really feels helpless about this now.

Therefore, I saw that Huang Qiming was pleading guilty again and again, and at the same time, he wiped the sweat on his face with the sleeve of his court uniform twice, and then said with embarrassment:

"Concubine Xiao's lesson is that Weichen is indeed incompetent, and he is in vain as the secretary of the criminal department. But it is okay to punish the lower officials in any way afterwards, but the reason why Weichen came to Zhaoyang Palace today to report the progress of the interrogation with you is actually cheeky and wants to ask you to personally move to the Criminal Department. After all, so many hard-boned mothers can tell the other party to obey with a few clicks, and this Zuo Wen's confession is very important, so this time I am afraid that I will have to bother you to take action in person. ”

A criminal department scholar who specializes in extorting confessions by torture will ask Xiao Jinxuan, a harem concubine, to help him in interrogating prisoners.

When Huang Qiming said this himself, he couldn't help but feel panicked on his face.

But in order to complete the case of Xue Hou explained by Zhou Xianrui as soon as possible and keep the black gauze hat on his head, he had to give up his face and ask Xiao Jinxuan for help.

And when she first heard the other party's request, she was also stunned Xiao Jinxuan, and now with the fall of Fengxiang Palace in her harem and the follow-up turmoil of the strange baby, she is also busy with the aftermath, where does she have time to take care of the interrogation at the same time.

But Xiao Jinxuan thought about it, if Zuo Wen's mouth couldn't be pried open, then when convicting Empress Xue, she would inevitably omit a lot of incriminating evidence.

She also wanted to end the abolition of the queen, and immediately agreed to Huang Qiming's request with a wry smile.

"Lord Huang, since you have opened your mouth, and this Zuo Wen, as Empress Xue's confidant, the other party's attitude of not opening his mouth is actually expected by me. You go back to interrogate others first, and after the few things at hand of the concubine are dealt with, she will personally go out of the palace and go to the criminal department. You don't have to worry about Zuo Wen's affairs, this concubine will find a way to get the other party to confess. ”

As soon as she heard that Xiao Jinxuan was willing to take over Zuo Wen's hard bone in person, this was simply a piece of Huang Qiming's heart.

Therefore, I saw that this Lord Huang, after receiving amnesty and thanking Xiao Jinxuan for a thousand thanks, he could be regarded as leaving the study.

As soon as Huang Qiming left, Xiao Jinxuan closed her eyes tiredly and leaned on the chaise longue, and couldn't help rubbing her hands on the temples on both sides.

And at this moment, there was a slight knock on the door, and after Xiao Jinxuan raised her voice to allow people outside to come in, she saw Wen Xin walking towards her with a cup of ginseng tea.

Seeing that it was Wen Xin, Xiao Jinxuan's eyes flashed with a trace of worry, and then asked with a gentle smile:

"Wen Xin, why are you here, didn't I allow you to not follow me for a while. You can rest and relax, or go out of the palace to enjoy the tour. Empress Xue's affairs are over, and you can also take a break in your busy life. I've seen that you've lost a lot of weight lately, and if you fall ill, I won't even have a good person around me in the future. ”

Wen Xin, who was placing the ginseng tea on Xiao Jinxuan's table, heard the other party's words, and immediately couldn't help but smile and said:

"Jinxuan has been following you for so long, I have been busy since the snow in Yangzhou, and I rarely have time to spare. Now a few years have passed, you are in charge of the sixth palace, and I, Xiao Wenxin, have become the head of the harem, but this hard work is still unrelieved. And I know in my heart that Jinxuan, you are afraid that I won't be able to slow down because of the Baizhu matter, so you gave me grace to rest for a while. But in fact, you don't know, only when I am busy and don't think nonsense, I will feel better. So you just ask me to help you by your side, otherwise I really don't worry about your body."

Xiao Jinxuan, who was slowly drinking ginseng tea, looked at Wen Xin's pretending to be calm behind her expression, but there was loneliness and sadness that she couldn't hide, and immediately she couldn't help sighing, and asked with concern:

"Wen Xin, since you can't be idle, then come back and help me do things. But I know you can't let go of Baizhu in your heart, in fact, it's quite unpleasant for me to think of the other party now. In addition, you can arrange the aftermath of Baizhu, no matter what happens in front of her, don't wronged her after death. Don't save the silver you should have, you can transfer it from our Zhaoyang Palace and use it. ”

Glancing at Xiao Jinxuan quite gratefully, Wen Xin couldn't help but have a little red circles in his eyes, but he still endured the discomfort and said:

"Jinxuan. You don't have to worry about what happened after Baizhu's death, I Xiao Wenxin can still get the money to help the other party with the funeral after following you for so long. And in my heart, she has always been the wife I want to marry. Therefore, I ordered her coffin to be sent back to Yangzhou and buried next to my mother's grave. and instructed the people accompanying the hearse to engrave the words of Xiao Wenxin's wife and Zhang Baishu's tomb on the other party's tombstone. Although I couldn't give her a big wedding as promised before her death, my identity as Xiao Wenxin's wife will still only be Baizhu. ”

There is a feeling that may not be so vigorous, but it can be sung and cried.

But like Wen Xin, who puts love in his heart and gives everything to the other party, he still makes people deeply moved when they hear it.

And now that Baizhu is dead, the matter about her will eventually become a thing of the past.

Therefore, he knows that Wen Xin's emotional wounds can only be slowly healed in the passage of time.

Therefore, after Xiao Jinxuan comforted the other party for a few words, she didn't mention the matter of Baizhu too much, so as not to arouse Wen Xin's more feelings of missing his wife.

And after Xiao Jinxuan drank all the soothing ginseng tea, she immediately stood up, walked outside the dormitory, and turned her head to Wen Xin and said:

"Actually, it's just the right time for you to come back today, and now the injury on Zhuxin's arm hasn't healed yet. Since she is reunited with her family, I also intend to let her leave the palace. So I'm going to go to the Punishment Department, but there's almost no one around me to go with me. In addition, I asked you to send someone to Fengxiang Palace to search Zuo Wen's residence, where did you place all those strange Gu poisons on the other side, and remember to bring them all with you later, maybe it can have a miraculous effect on extorting confessions. ”

The Criminal Department has always adhered to the rules in adjudicating cases, and all cases have been handled in accordance with the charter.

If the prisoner is not recruited, he will be tortured, but if the other party still resists death after using these methods, then the general interrogation will fall into passivity.

But Xiao Jinxuan didn't know how to use formal interrogation, so she forced a confession to attack her heart, completely impacting the psychological defense of the person being tried to a state of collapse, so as to get the testimony and confession she wanted to obtain, which was her usual method.

Therefore, Xiao Jinxuan knew that since Zuo Wen could withstand all the torture of the Criminal Department, how she was beating this hard bone, I am afraid that she would not be able to pry the other party's mouth open.

Therefore, Xiao Jinxuan simply did not plan to use strong means to deal with Zuo Wen, but planned to work the other party's most proficient Gu technique.

After all, Xiao Jinxuan knew that Zuo Wen was proficient in Gu arts, and those who knew Gu would definitely know more about the terrifying and terrifying Gu arts.

Zuo Wen has harmed people all her life with Gu, and now Xiao Jinxuan wants to return a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye. Use Gu to extract confessions, and treat the other party well.